Want to get replace those “smart quotes” that MS Word uses in your .NET code? This will do it:

VB .NET

Dim newstr As String
newstr = oldstr.Replace(Chr(147), "& quot;") ' take out extra space b/w & and quot;
newstr = newstr.Replace(Chr(148), "& quot;") ' take out extra space b/w & and quot;

C#

string newstr;
newstr = oldstr.Replace((char)147, "& quot;") // take out extra space b/w & and quot;
newstr = newstr.Replace((char)148, "& quot;") // take out extra space b/w & and quot;